EUGENE, Ore. — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone continued her dominance within the ladies’s 400 hurdles, setting (one other) world file Sunday at Hayward Discipline within the U.S. Olympic observe and subject trials finale. McLaughlin-Levrone crossed the end line in 50.65 seconds, then lined her mouth in shock upon seeing her time.

McLaughlin-Levrone’s earlier world file, additionally set at Hayward Discipline, was 50.68, which she ran on the 2022 World Championships. 

“Truthfully, reward God, I used to be not anticipating that,” McLaughlin-Levrone mentioned on the printed after her race. “Something is feasible in Christ. I’m simply amazed, baffled and in shock.”

Anna Cockrell (52.64) was second and Jasmine Jones (52.77) was third and can be a part of McLaughlin-Levrone in Paris.

Dalilah Muhammad, who gained gold in Rio and silver in Tokyo, completed sixth. 

McLaughlin-Levrone is the defending gold medalist within the 400 hurdles, and almost each time she traces up on the observe she units a brand new world file. She isn’t simply the favourite in Paris however anticipated to win by a large margin. 

However she swears that every race she lowers her time, she’s genuinely shocked, and grateful.

“I knew I used to be in 50-point excessive vary, and it was only a matter of getting a stride sample down,” she mentioned. “I knew the health was there. I used to be just a little shocked that it got here along with not the very best stride sample … there’s nonetheless extra we will work on.”

That work, and the potential outcomes, inspire her.

McLaughlin-Levrone desires of going sub-50 seconds and given her historical past, it does not seem to be a stretch.

“It is actually thrilling, excited about tips on how to enhance upon historical past,” she mentioned. “That is all the time one thing I am taking a look at.”

She referred to as the world file a “confidence booster” going into Paris.

Earlier than the ultimate, McLaughlin-Levrone’s coach, the legendary Bobby Kersee, inspired her to “not be afraid to take it out, to belief my health coming dwelling and simply execute my 10 hurdles.” 

“He’s all the time utilizing boxing phrases,” McLaughlin-Levrone mentioned. “So these have been my Joe Frazier’s immediately, the ten hurdles, simply ensuring I used to be centered on these. There was no time objective.” 

And sure, on this analogy, McLaughlin-Levrone is Muhammad Ali, himself a former Olympian. 

McLaughlin-Levrone will doubtless be on the 4×400 staff as nicely; she ran the primary leg of the relay on the Tokyo Video games, main the Individuals to gold. 

Relay staff swimming pools are anticipated to be introduced by USATF by July 8. 

McLaughlin-Levrone has flirted with the thought of working the 400 hurdles and 400, however the present Olympic observe schedule just isn’t conducive to that. Generally plainly McLaughlin-Levrone might win, or no less than contend for a medal, in any of the sprinting occasions. As of Sunday morning she had the sixth quickest 200 time this season, set Los Angeles in Might. 

“I simply wished to give attention to one … and do it to the very best of my capacity,” she mentioned. “That is why we selected the 400 hurdles. Right this moment was an excellent testomony of (doing) that.

“There’s nonetheless extra to return.”

Contributing: Tyler Dragon

Nationwide Financial savings & Investments (NS&I) has made two Premium Bond holders millionaires within the July draw. The winners are from Hertfordshire and Cumbria. 

The primary winner from Hertfordshire drew Premium Bond quantity 286HQ028274 and holds £50,000 in Premium Bonds. The Bond was bought in November 2016. 

The second winner resides in Cumbria and likewise holds £50,000 in Premium Bonds. The profitable Bond quantity 474HX772350 was drawn and it was bought in October 2021. 

Premium Bonds proceed at a standstill, with no change to the prize fund charge – at the moment at 4.4%. The chances of profitable additionally stay at 21,000 to 1 for each bond. 

The jackpot winners can have acquired a go to from Agent Million. In the event you did not grow to be a millionaire on this draw, there are nonetheless tens of millions of prizes ready to be claimed, value between £25 and £100,000. 

July 2024 Premium Bond winners 

There’s a whole of 5,927,312 prizes value £456,402,800 on this month’s draw. Listed here are the entire winnings. 

Learn how to test when you’re a July NS&I Premium Bond winner

In the event you’ve gained a prize value between £25 and £100,000, you will not have had Agent Million delivering the excellent news to you  – this is how one can test what you’ve got gained. 

The best option to test is to go onto the NS&I web site and use its prize checker. You’ll need your Premium Bond holder quantity and NS&I quantity at hand. In the event you’re checking for winnings every month, it may very well be value downloading NS&I’s official prize checker app in your cellphone (obtainable on Android and iOS).

In case you have an Amazon Alexa, you may set the system as much as notify you of your winnings too. You’ll need to obtain the Alexa app and activate the NS&I Premium Bonds prize checker ability. That is splendid when you’ve held Premium Bonds for some years, as you may test for prizes since 1986. 

How will my prize be paid? 

Most prizes are both paid into your checking account or reinvested into Premium Bonds, says NS&I. It is value double-checking that your automated funds are arrange on the NS&I web site, to allow funds to come back straight into your account. 

• July’s jackpot millionaires come from Hertfordshire and Cumbria
• ERNIE has drawn greater than 5.9 million prizes this month, price over £456 million

This month’s Premium Bonds £1 million jackpot winners come from Hertfordshire and Cumbria.

The primary Bond quantity drawn was 286HQ028274 and it belongs to a winner based mostly in Hertfordshire. This winner bought their successful Bond in November 2016 and holds £50,000 in Premium Bonds.

The second £1 million jackpot winner is predicated in Cumbria. Their successful Bond quantity is 474HX772350 and it was bought in October 2021. They maintain a complete of £50,000 in Premium Bonds.

July 2024 prize draw breakdown
A complete of 5,927,312 prizes price £456,402,800 will probably be paid out within the July 2024 prize draw. There have been 124,473,494,622 Bond numbers eligible for the draw.

Notes to Editors

1. The prize fund charge for Premium Bonds is 4.40%. The percentages of any £1 Bond quantity successful a prize are 21,000 to 1.
2. All Premium Bonds prizes are freed from UK Revenue Tax and Capital Good points Tax.
3. NS&I is likely one of the largest financial savings organisations within the UK, providing a spread of financial savings and investments to greater than 24 million prospects. All merchandise supply 100% safety as NS&I is backed by HM Treasury.
4. Additional info on NS&I, together with press releases and product info, is offered on the web site at nsandi.com. Observe us on X/Twitter: @nsandi.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone received the 400-meter hurdle closing and set a world file for the occasion on the U.S. Olympic Staff Trials on Sunday.

McLaughlin-Levrone, the reigning gold medalist and world No. 1, completed with a time of fifty.65 seconds. Simply over two seconds behind her have been Anna Cockrell and Jasmine Jones.

As the highest three finishers, all three secured a spot on the Olympic Staff for the occasion, main what could possibly be one among America’s strongest occasions in Paris.

McLaughlin-Levrone, the reigning gold medalist and world No. 1, barely broke a sweat within the semifinals Saturday with a 52.48-second effort to advance to the ultimate Sunday at Hayward Stadium in Eugene, Oregon.

A good-tempered McLaughlin-Levrone promised to “let it fly” on this meet’s final occasion.

McLaughlin stored the promise, crouching to the ground whereas protecting her mouth in shock after seeing her record-breaking time.

Following the race, McLaughlin thanked God and mentioned she was “amazed, baffled and in shock.”

Stream each second and each medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Peacock, beginning with the Opening Ceremony July 26 at 12 p.m. ET.

She was pushed by Cockrell, who recorded a private finest 52.95 within the semifinals to earn her spot within the closing — after which bested that through the finals with a time of 52.64.

In distinction to McLaughlin-Levrone’s businesslike demeanor, Cockrell couldn’t comprise her pleasure about breaking the 53-second mark for the primary time.

“It means I’m prepared,” she mentioned. “It tells me what we’ve been working for prior to now is working. I’m happy, I’m happy.”

The facility-packed subject in Sunday’s closing additionally included Tokyo silver medalist Dalilah Muhammad and Shamier Little, who received her warmth on Saturday.

After securing her Olympic spot within the 400-meter hurdles, second place finisher Cockrell mentioned she was “emotional” however needed to take the second to not discuss herself however about Muhammad, who Cockrell mentioned had “revolutionized” the occasion.

“The affect you have had on this sport goes past medals, goes past data,” Cockrell mentioned.

Muhammad completed sixth within the occasion, lacking out on a spot for it in Paris.

“Your grace, your poise, your competitors, your mentorship of me — I can not say thanks to ‘De’ sufficient,” Cockrell mentioned. “I wish to give her her flowers now.”

Tokyo silver medalist Keni Harrison, Rio silver medalist Nia Ali and Alaysha Johnson, who recorded the very best semifinal time of 12.36 seconds, competed within the girls’s 100 hurdles.

Harrison completed sixth and Ali completed fourth, lacking out on a spot on the group for the occasion.

The 100-meter winner was world No. 17 Masai Russell, adopted by Johnson and Grace Stark.

Rai Benjamin, who received silver in Tokyo, CJ Allen, and Trevor Bassitt clinched the spots for the boys’s 400-meter hurdles.

Benjamin and Allen turned within the high two closing instances — a meet file of 46.46 and a 47.81, respectively. Bassitt clocked in at 47.82.

TV critic Scott Bryan posted an image to his X account (previously Twitter) of music followers gathering across the TV in a discipline at Glastonbury and Louis Tomlinson followers have been fast to inform him that the singer was accountable.

Scott captioned the publish: “Unimaginable that somebody purchased a full dimension tv to Glastonbury to observe the England sport”.

One even posted a screenshot from a social media account which reveals the TV with the soccer commentary staff on it and tagging the singer’s account with the caption studying: “@louist91 absolute legend settin the footy up”, together with a laughing crying face emoji, suggesting it was Louis’ thought.

In the identical reply to Scott’s publish, Louis Tomlinson may be seen laughing amongst a crowd of individuals on the pageant.

Followers say Louis Tomlinson took “full dimension tv” to Glastonbury

Followers have been fast to level out that Louis loves to observe soccer and was behind the concept with one saying: “Not simply anybody that’s Louis Tomlinson”.

One other mentioned: “That’s the one and solely Louis Tomlinson!”

The Guardian’s stay Glastonbury weblog revealed that it was Louis Tomlinson who purchased the TV, generator and dongle to make watching the match attainable.

The newspaper reported that he went to Argos to purchase all of the tools he wanted this morning.

Louis informed the newspaper: “It’s the second display I’ve purchased. The primary one cracked. I wasn’t going to take credit score for it if we misplaced in regular time however now that we’ve equalised I’m pleased to.”

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The previous One Path star has been pictured alongside his sister Lottie Tomlinson on her Instagram story the place she joined him in sporting an England shirt whereas he wore a jacket with the England emblem on it.

England went on to win 2-1 towards Slovakia in further time and have progressed to the quarter-finals of the Euros.

Free agent level guard Chris Paul is signing a one-year contract value greater than $11 million with the San Antonio Spurs, sources instructed ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Sunday.

The Spurs and Paul wasted no time in negotiating a deal simply hours after the Golden State Warriors knowledgeable the veteran level guard they have been waiving him the day his $30 million wage for the 2024-25 season was set to ensure.

As a substitute, Paul, 39, will spend his twentieth NBA season in San Antonio, becoming a member of forces with coach Gregg Popovich because the Spurs look to construct a successful group round 20-year-old star heart Victor Wembanyama.

After a loss to the Warriors on March 11, Popovich had nothing however reward for Paul.

“He is one of many all-time finest rivals ever within the league,” Popovich mentioned. “He is an important chief, nice competitor. It is at all times enjoyable to see him.”

Final season with the Warriors, Paul, a 12-time All-Star, accepted a bench function and began solely 18 of the 58 video games he performed, averaging 9.2 factors and 6.8 assists in 26.4 minutes. In his begins, Paul averaged 11.9 factors and seven.3 assists.

Paul is third all time within the NBA in assists with 11,894 and joins a roster that went into the offseason with a necessity at level guard.

The Spurs began final 12 months experimenting with ahead Jeremy Sochan on the spot earlier than pivoting to a extra conventional look with Tre Jones. San Antonio additionally selected Stephon Citadel with the No. 4 decide on this 12 months’s draft. Citadel has mentioned he’d prefer to play level guard within the NBA.

Paul is on monitor to change into the eleventh participant in NBA historical past to play 20 seasons. He returns to Texas, the place he performed two seasons with the Houston Rockets from 2017 to 2019.

Emma Raducanu will play Renata Zarazua within the opening spherical of Wimbledon on Monday as twenty second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova pulled out of the match with an sickness.

The previous US Open winner was introduced to play Alexandrova in the principle draw. Zarazua — the fortunate loser — will change her and play Raducanu on Centre Courtroom.

Raducanu has had a profitable run going into her first Wimbledon match, making the semifinals in Nottingham and the quarterfinals in Eastbourne. She took her first win towards a top-10 participant in June, successful towards Jessica Pegula.

The meet-up between Zarazua and Raducanu marks the Brit’s return to the grass-court Slam after having undergone surgical procedure on each wrists and her ankle in 2023.

Zarazua misplaced to McCartney Kessler in qualifying however was chosen as a fortunate loser to switch Alexandrova. She made it into the 2024 French Open however misplaced within the first spherical at Roland Garros.

Andy Murray is ready to decide over whether or not he performs singles at Wimbledon for a remaining time after Emma Raducanu overcame tough fortunate loser Renata Zarazua to progress to the second spherical on her return to the Championships.

Murray is scheduled to face Tomas Machac on Tuesday night and the two-time champion is ready to make a remaining choice within the morning. After present process an operation on a spinal cyst, the 37-year-old needs to “really feel the thrill” on Centre Court docket for one final time and have some “closure” earlier than ending his profession.

Earlier, Raducanu progressed to the second spherical after sealing a 7-6 6-3 victory over fortunate loser Zaracua, who changed Ekaterina Alexandrova within the draw after the Russian twenty second seed was compelled to withdraw on the morning of the match.

“It was an extremely tough match,” Raducanu mentioned. “I’m extremely comfortable to be again right here. I used to be nervous, I’m positive everybody may see that in my tennis,” Raducanu mentioned. “However truthfully watching the soccer final evening it was successful ugly – all of it counts.”

Raducanu was joined within the second spherical by Britons Lily Miyazaki and Sonay Kartal, who loved a career-best victory over twenty ninth seed Sorana Cirstea. Observe all the newest updates and reside scores from Wimbledon under:

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Wimbledon 2024: Order of play, day two – Centre Court docket

Wimbledon supposed order of play – Tuesday 2 July

CENTRE COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:30 START

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) vs Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) [6] 1

Vit Kopriva (CZE) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) [2] 2

Andy Murray (GBR) vs Tomas Machac (CZE) 3

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Wimbledon 2024: Murray leaves choice to the final minute

Andy Murray will give himself till the final minute to resolve on his Wimbledon participation. The Scot, who’s scheduled to play Tomas Machac within the first spherical of the singles on Centre Court docket on Tuesday, was set to announce on Monday night whether or not or not he would play.

However, after a aggressive observe session with fellow British participant Kyle Edmund on Monday, Murray remains to be mulling over whether or not he’s in adequate bodily form and it’s now understood he won’t make a remaining choice till Tuesday.

Jamie Braidwood1 July 2024 21:58

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Take a look at her now: Coco Gauff enters new chapter of exceptional Wimbledon story

Check out her now: a yr on from the first-round defeat at Wimbledon that left Coco Gauff in a “darkish place”, the American is marching on and searching like a possible champion too after an announcement opening victory over her compatriot Caroline Dolehide.

5 years on from her breakthrough at Wimbledon as a 15-year-old, Gauff took high billing on Centre Court docket and performed like a contender for the title, demolishing her good friend Dolehide 6-1 6-2 in simply 64 minutes.

This was a victory that was by no means doubtful after Gauff broke her opponent within the opening sport of the match. The 20-year-old didn’t look again, bringing a peaceful assurance and confidence that allowed her highly effective and aggressive sport to flourish towards her mismatched opponent, ranked 51st on the planet. “I used to be making an attempt to have enjoyable and revel in it,” she mentioned after an emotional win and cleaning evening.

Jamie Braidwood on Centre Court docket1 July 2024 21:48

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Wimbledon favorite Jannik Sinner passes first-round check to arrange intriguing conflict

In his Wimbledon marketing campaign final yr, there have been loads of positives for the 22-year-old: He had reached the ultimate 4 of a serious for the primary time, and there was no disgrace in shedding to a king of Centre Court docket, no much less with a show of nice promise – regardless of the straight-sets scoreline. However the place final yr there was promise, this yr there may be strain.

And that strain maybe confirmed in his first-round tie, a four-set win over Yannick Hanfmann…

Alex Pattle1 July 2024 21:13

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Wimbledon 2024: Emma Raducanu ‘cherishing each win’ on return

Emma Raducanu after reaching the second spherical of Wimbledon:

“As I mentioned within the first press convention, I’d be over the moon if I gained my first spherical right here. And I actually am. I really feel simply the enjoyment to be on-site, the enjoyment to be a part of the thrill. I’m actually simply having fun with myself.

“I believe that every match I win must be celebrated so much. I believe for me, ‘trigger I understand how laborious matches are to win, to come back by. I believe that now, yeah, having had a couple of wins below my belt, I’m like actually cherishing each single one as a result of I understand how tough it’s to be on the flip aspect of it.

“Outcomes-wise I’ve no expectations. I simply have expectations of myself to actually put myself on the road on the court docket and struggle and never let any frustrations get to me.”

Jamie Braidwood1 July 2024 21:01

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Wimbledon 2024: Jannik Sinner survives Yannick Hanfmann check to advance

Sinner: “I’m very comfortable, to begin with, to be within the second spherical. I need to thank everybody for the help, it’s superb.

“He performed rather well, he served nicely. I missed a few pictures. First-round matches are by no means simple. Hopefully within the subsequent spherical, I’ll elevate my degree.

“Tomorrow I’ve a break day, then I’ll attempt to discover my rhythm. Ending a match in a very constructive means can hopefully assist me in the beginning of the following spherical.”

When requested if he misplaced confidence in his motion, after a slip early within the third set, he laughs: “No, no.”

Requested if there’s strain to taking part in as world No 1, he provides: “No. To start with, it’s an enormous privilege and an honour. There’s no higher place to play my first grand slam as world No 1.”

Alex Pattle1 July 2024 20:42

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Andy Murray replace:

Murray will decide on his participation tomorrow morning.

He’s scheduled third on Centre Court docket, round 6pm (BST), towards Tomas Machac.

Kieran Jackson1 July 2024 20:40

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Wimbledon 2024: Jannik Sinner survives Yannick Hanfmann check to advance

And Jannik Sinner can breathe! He’s via to spherical two!

After successful the primary two units towards Yannick Hanfmann regardless of some inconsistent tennis, the world No 1 dropped the third convincingly.

Then the roof closed, and it was Sinner who performed higher within the fourth.

Finally, he has emerged a 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3 winner, reserving his spot within the subsequent spherical!

Alex Pattle1 July 2024 20:36

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Wimbledon 2024: Sonay Kartal via to second spherical after beautiful win

Sonay Kartal made it a hat-trick of British feminine winners on day one among Wimbledon with a career-best victory over twenty ninth seed Sorana Cirstea, writes George Periods.

Kartal had dropped to 298 on the planet after a tough 12 months because of well being issues and needed to qualify for this yr’s Championships.

A string of fantastic shows at Roehampton final week booked Kartal’s place in the primary draw and the British quantity 9 backed it up with an outstanding 3-6 6-2 6-0 win over Cirstea on Monday to hitch Emma Raducanu and Lily Miyazaki in spherical two.

Victory was sealed by Kartal with an outstanding return winner by way of her explosive forehand to earn the 22-year-old a maiden Wimbledon triumph, which units up a second-round tie with Clara Burel on Wednesday and earns her a £93,000 payday.

Jamie Braidwood1 July 2024 20:35

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Lily Miyazaki races previous Tamara Korpatsch to earn first Wimbledon win

British wild card Lily Miyazaki reached the second spherical at Wimbledon for the primary time after crushing Tamara Korpatsch.

The Tokyo-born 28-year-old greater than doubled her prize cash for the yr, incomes £93,000 for lower than an hour’s work.

Miyazaki served fantastically, dropping simply seven factors with the ball in her hand and never dealing with a single break level.

She additionally hit 14 winners to Korpatsch’s three and made simply 15 unforced errors compared to the German’s 26.

A complete 6-2 6-1 win over the world quantity 73 secured a second-round assembly with 14th seed Daria Kasatkina on Wednesday.

Jamie Braidwood1 July 2024 20:25

The Golden State Warriors have waived guard Chris Paul, who had a Sunday deadline to ensure his $30 million wage for this season, the workforce introduced.

Paul now turns into an unrestricted free agent.

Paul, a 12-time NBA All-Star, got here off the bench for the primary time in his embellished profession final season, accepting a diminished function with the Warriors. He averaged 9.2 factors and 6.8 assists in 26.4 minutes.

The 39-year-old veteran was acquired for Jordan Poole final summer time — a transfer that now equates to a wage dump, as Paul’s contract is coming off the books for nothing.

The Warriors initially pushed Paul’s assure date so they might discover commerce alternatives, however nothing materialized.

Along with shedding that wage, the Warriors are more likely to be with out Klay Thompson subsequent season, who’s an unrestricted free agent and is more and more unlikely to resign together with his workforce for the previous 13 seasons. This leaves the Warriors with $147.2 million in dedicated wage for subsequent season, and so they enter free company as a non-taxpaying midlevel workforce.

They’re going to have the $12.8 million midlevel exception and biannual exception to make use of on free agent signings.

In the meantime, Thompson plans on having discussions with the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers within the opening hours of free company, sources informed ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Thompson’s tenure with the Warriors approaches its finish as relationships between the 2 events fractured and contract negotiations by no means resumed after final summer time.

Sources informed ESPN that the midlevel exception the Lakers may provide him won’t be sufficient to convey him to Los Angeles, however Thompson is open to listening to intriguing provides and alternatives.